Bankrupt former Aston Villa star Lee Hendrie owed £200,000

Former England and Aston Villa footballer Lee Hendrie is officially penniless after racking up debts of £200,000.

The midfielder earned millions playing for the Birmingham club as well as Sheffield United, Leicester City and Blackpool.

Hendrie, 34, who now turns out for Blue Square BET Premier team Kidderminster Harriers, was declared bankrupt at the High Court in London and was ordered to settle his debts with HM Revenue and Customs at the court last month.

But on Friday Mrs Registrar Derrett heard there had been no contact from Hendrie, no letters had been returned, and no payments made.

She said she was making the bankruptcy order “in the absence of any contact” from the ex-Villa star.

The former Premier League player, who won his only England cap in 1998, has homes in Solihull, West Midlands, and Rowington, Warwickshire.

The hard-up footballer is trying to sell his £1.6 million six-bedroomed mansion in Solihull to raise the cash to clear his debts.

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Lee Hendrie had it all. An England cap, a Premier League career at Aston Villa, and the obligatory mansion. Local legend had him flaunting his pay slip around nightclubs in the Midlands. He lived for today and assumed tomorrow would take care of itself.